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Critics agree that this "reduction" of John Irving's A Prayer for Owen Meany is--in the unkind words of Variety 's Dennis Harvey--"syrupy hash."
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Made with a gee-whiz earnestness and simplicity that's so out of style it's refreshing" (Kenneth Turan, the Los Angeles Times ). Others are more wary of the movie's syrupy core: David Denby says the film is "borderline corny, but I was held by it; I was even moved by it" ( The New Yorker ), and David Edelstein in
Remember that most early rock 'n' roll artists, including Haley and--shockingly--Elvis, had repertoires that included lots of swing-type music, or syrupy ballads or "pop" tunes, which made them transitional artists able to appeal to both generations.
As one might expect, it tastes like a syrupy milk shake.
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